Populations are growing worldwide and many governments, including the South African government, are failing to implement training programmes for caregivers of older persons. Educational opportunities in gerontology are ...

Gestalt theory and Positive Psychology formed the underlying theoretical frameworks of this study. Both Gestalt theory and Positive Psychology adopt a positive outlook towards human nature with the possibility of individuals ...

To belong somewhere is a basic human need. It is necessary for the psychological well-being of children to feel that they belong to a family, group and community and that they are loved and appreciated for who they are. A ...

Trauma does not reside in events themselves but is the result of the subjective
perception of individuals of a threat(s), which sets in motion autonomic
physiological processes that enable a fight or flight response. ...

Currently, the political independence of Bophuthatswana is a controversial and critical issue. The independence of Bophuthatswana can be seen as a milestone in the history of South African politics since it resulted in the ...

Despite the high reporting rate of child sexual abuse cases, the conviction rate in South Africa is low. According to the South African Police National Statistics, 2012/2013 (South Africa, 2012/2013), 66 196 incidents of ...

The conviction rate for child sexual abuse cases in South-Africa is very low. The chances of a perpetrator being convicted is very slim, even if a case is reported. Some of the causes for the low conviction rates might be ...

Sera-discordant relationships are becoming popular as the scourge of HIV
progresses in the country. This new trend emerges at the time HIV is still attached to
stigma and discrimination despite the fact that HIV has been ...

This study was informed by a phenomenon observed by a variety of members from the multidisciplinary team at an acute psychiatric facility, where the researcher works daily. It appeared to clinicians as if the individual ...

The aim of this study was to investigate factors that may influence students'
attitude to English at college of education level.
Literature dealing with factors affecting students' attitude was reviewed in order
to ...

The sexual offences that are committed by adolescents lately are of a great concern, particularly in the Mafikeng area. The record shows that adolescents are arrested daily for committing criminal offences. Despite the ...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major concern in the South African society. Although policies and legislation are directed at the protection of children, the high incidence of child sexual abuse is indicative of problems in ...

“The family is the building block of society. It is a nursery, a school, a hospital, a leisure centre, a place of refuge and rest. It encompasses the whole of society. It fashions our beliefs; it is the preparation for the ...

Research into the psychological consequences of natural disasters in South Africa remains largely unexplored. This is surprising, given the devastating economical and psychological ramifications that result from major ...

Broadcasting is the generic term that can be diagnosed as the dissemination of
news/information using old or new and powerful form of social integration and control
of any news. Many of its uses can be seen as socially, ...

The ministerial praxis is perhaps one of the most stressful working environments. Its full-time
practitioner, the pastor, suffers from it. The phenomenon of stress, burnout and compassion
fatigue, referred to in this ...

This article investigates the experience of loneliness among a group of elderly ladies. Elderly persons are making up an increasing portion of the population. Research is therefore important, because loneliness is a threat ...

The aim of this study was to examine the fertility differentials between migrants and non-migrants in the North West province of South Africa. Evaluation of fertility behavior of
migrants at the destination area and the ...

The main focus of this study concerns the contribution of focalisation to the creation of fictional worlds through the combination of the “building blocks” of a fictional world, namely the central focalising and focalised ...

This dissertation explores whether the way that market agents act and understand the economy can be derived from Western philosophy. Modern economic science is based on a few assumptions and principles, and the intention ...